Love Business

"I'm coming home tonight. What do you guys wanna eat?" asks Pan. Mei and Shu whisper to each other before giggling together.

"Oy, what's with that hush hush, huh?" Pan glares at them. She can see clearly how these two girls keep talking to each other secretly.

"Aunty Mei asked you to bring a cute boy home..."

"For who?" Pan glares at Shu.

"For you, of course!"

Pan squints her eyes. Mei and Shu giggle together. When they combine forces, they are the best teaser for Pan. With Shu's cute act and innocent eyes Mei, it's hard for Pan to get mad at them.

"Don't worry, cute boy is here!"

Pan stands up straight. Kim is standing in front of her, smiling wide.

"Who's that?" Mei asks Pan.

"No one. Just a senior..."

"Can I see him? May I? May I?" Shu looks like almost jumped out of the screen.

"See you guys tonight! Love you!"

Pan cuts the call.

"Calling home again?" asks Kim. Pan slowly nods.

"You missed home that much?" Kim asks her again, this time, he leans even more closer than before.

"Who doesn't? I mean, you must miss your family too, Senior Kim," Pan replies. Kim walks closer to her.

"Wanna meet my them?" he suddenly asks, making Pan feels annoying, as usual.

"Who?"

"My parents. They live here. We can visit them anytime," says Kim.

"I don't think they will like the idea of you bringing a girl home," Pan answers, in the most polite way so Kim won't get offended.

"They're open minded people. I can even bring a man home if I want to," Kim whispers to Pan.

Okay, now she had enough. Kim's overconfident trait that shoots up through the roof makes her sarcastic mode itching to come out.

You're so proud of yourself, huh... Pan gushes silently.

"So, I guess this is not the first time you invite someone home. I see."

"What have you see?"

"I don't know. Maybe... Just how frivolous you are?" says Pan before she leaves him, standing alone there.

Kim smirks. This is the kind of game that he loves so much. It's challenging and tricky. He could not help but impressed by Pan's bold attitude. Ever since he saw how she casually talked back to Zee, his heart was set on this one.

She has to be mine!

***

"Slowly. You almost there..."

"Pan! I can't see which way I am going!" Yara whines inside the bunny mascot costume. Han ushers them from behind in case this small petite girl flops back.

"The head is as big as my bed!" Yara growls. She feels like her feet hangs midway. With limited eyesight, her confident level just drops down into the hole.

"Calm down. We got you, Yara..." Pan tries to calm her down. She carefully grabs the little, cute hand while guiding her.

"I can't do this! I can't!"

"Yes, you can! Believe me!" says Pan.

On their right side, the seniors casually walk pass by them. They only glare at these three meerkats, never bother to help. At all!

"Pan! Help!" Yara almost slips into that bunny costume. Pan quickly grabs her hand, and stabilizes the girl again.

"It's fine, Yara. Keep moving! In case you get hurt, we have someone we can put the blame on to!" Pan purposely spikes out when she sees Zee, casually walking past them. The man gives her a sharp glare.

You are lucky that I'm fully occupied now! Or else, I'm kicking you ass off! Pan gushes by herself, giving Zee a sharp glare.

"Pan, stairs!" Han points out a fleet of stairs right in front of them. Pan kind of missed the beat and she almost fell.

"Be careful!" Han screams as he dashes forward, but...

"Ahhhh!!!"

Pan manages to grab the rail. But Yara, unfortunately, falls in the bunny costume. The good news is, there are only 4 fleets of stairs.

But, the bad news is...

"Mama!!! My leg's hurt!!!"

"Yara!" Han quickly pulls off the bunny's head so the girl can breathe. She's crying out loud, attracting the seniors. They turn back and see Yara crying while grabbing her ankle.

"Take the costume off!" says Kitty. Pan quickly zips off the costume and slowly helps Yara out of that huge suit. She's still sobbing hard. Han looks panicky, with him walking in a fast pace, here and there.

"I think we have to bring her to the infirmary..." says Kitty.

"No. Let's bring her to the hospital. I think her leg might be cracked!" Cherry quickly ran towards the parking lot with a car key in her hand.

"What happened?" Bear arrives at the scene, looking worried. Ta pursues from behind.

"She's fell from the stairs. We have to bring her to the hospital!" says Kitty.

"Let me follow you," says Bear to Kitty. He looks at Ta. The man nods in tiny, giving his permission in silence.

"Can Han tag along? Her bag is with him," asks Pan. The seniors exchange looks. Finally, Ta nods.

"Let me lift her..." Han offers himself to be the horsie. Even though he doesn't know if Yara is willing to let him hold her, he takes any chances to help his friend.

Everything's set when the car slowly disappears from the campus. Ta looks at Pan who standing there alone, with the bunny costume in her hand.

"What now?" asks Ta.

Pan slowly lifts her head and gazes at him.

"The show must go on, I guess..." Pan replies.

***

"How's going?" Zee reaches the coffee truck booth. He stops by for a visit, just to check.

"Where did you get this person, Zee?" asks Yun, his senior a.ka barista of the day. Zee frowns when he looks at him, smiling ear to ear.

"Something's wrong?" he asks.

"No. The person is skillful! I mean, look at that! That bunny managed to attract a crowd here!"

Zee turns his head towards the bunny mascot. From afar, he can see the big and cute movement made by the bunny to attract the crowd to stop by the booth.

"Ta..." Zee pulls Ta aside. The friend looks at him in confusion.

"Why one? Where are the other two?" he asks Ta. Ta glares at the seniors before whispering to Zee.

"There was an accident just now-"

"Who?!" Zee can't even wait for Ta to explain the rest of the story.

"It's Yara. The small kiddo. She fell from the stairs and injured her leg. Kitty, Cherry, and Bear rush her to the hospital before something worse happens," answers Ta.

There's a relief in Zee's face. He nods a bit. But then, he realizes something.

"Wait... But, there's a three of them. Where is the other one?" he asks.

"Which one? The guy, or the beautiful slanted cat eyes..."

"Ta, you too?" Zee squints his eyes. Ta giggles for a bit.

"That's your trademark for this year, bro. Take it or leave it!" Ta pats his shoulder.

"Enough of that. Where is the other one?" Zee rushes Ta to talk.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you... The guy, the one with that annoying face, tag along to the hospital..."

"That means... That..."

"Yes. Your beautiful slanted cat eyes girl..."

Zee gasps as he turns his head towards the bunny mascot. With this heat and that movements, he can't help but wonder if she can stand it. Or will she collapse, just like her friend?

"Ta.. call Yuri. Asks the medic staff for a standby..."

"Are you kidding me, Zee? Who's gonna work on weekend?!"

"I still attending my class even on weekend, Ta!" Zee almost grabs the man by his collar. "Call them. I don't want another hospital visitation!" Zee orders Ta with his stern voice.

"What's going on here?" Yun suddenly appears from the front. He watches the anxious Zee with Ta, who suddenly got busy with phone calls.

"There's an incident before, so I asked Ta to make the medic team on standby..."

"Ai kwaii, no need for that! We already have our standby medic team!" Yun pushed away the phone from Ta. "I'm doing business, Zee. I must be prepared for everything. Including that. So, don't worry about it too much! Besides, this girl... She's really a champ! And beautiful, too..." Yun hangs his hand on Zee's shoulder. The man subtly glares at Ta, who grins widely, teasing his friend for that.

"Do you think I can ask her number?" asks Yun. Zee let out a sigh, but it's almost mute, too low for Yun to hear that.

"I don't know, Senior Yun! I heard she has a boyfriend," Ta replies, trying to help Zee, but at the same time, his eyes are goggling at him, keep teasing the man who eyes looks even more darker.

"Ah... Unlucky me.."

"You're lucky that you know, Senior. If you don't, then you might end up being unlucky to have a punch on your face. Right, Zee?" Ta glares while smirking at him.

Instead of replying to Ta, Zee walks away from there with his face turned sour.

"What's wrong with him?" Yun asks.

"Nothing. He just stress up a bit. Too much class to attend. Let's let him cool down first. He'll join us again soon..."

Ta drags Yun towards thekr booth, continue with the selling for the day.